As the nurse and the dietitian review a female patient's diet plan with her, she shouts that with her diabetes and now the kidney failure, there is just nothing she can eat
She says she might as well eat what she wants, because there is nothing she can do to help herself. Based on the patient's response, which nursing diagnosis does the nurse identify?
a.
Noncompliance, risk for, related to feelings of anger
b.
Imbalanced nutrition less than body requirements, related to knowledge deficit
c.
Anticipatory grieving, related to actual and perceived losses
d.
Ineffective coping, related to sense of powerlessness
ANS: D
Ineffective coping due to the feeling of powerlessness against the multiorgan failure may result in aggressive or infantile behavior.
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